"between the years".....

"zwischen den Jahren"...
 ...is an old-fashion German expression which means

"the time between Christmas and New Year"

After all festivities

this is for many of us the time for reflection,
'no rush - no hurry'

the time for having a review of the year.....
....leaving all "sweat" behind...

 For me it is also the time for watching old films,
historical ones, animated ones, "mouving" ones,
 and happy ending  fairy tales.

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When I saw yesterday the wonderful film

 

 ...I remembered that I've discovered last year,

just before Christmas, on Trish's post   here

Beatrix Potter's

The Tailor of Gloucester

 which I had not seen before and was for me like a gift.

 I love it!

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 The tale was based on a real world incident involving John Pritchard (1877-1934),
 a Gloucester tailor commissioned to make a suit for the new mayor.
He returned to his shop on a Monday morning to find the suit completed except for one buttonhole.
A note attached read, "No more twist".
His assistants had finished the coat in the night, but Pritchard encouraged a fiction
that fairies had done the work and the incident became a local legend.

part 1

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part 2

 


part 3




part 4

 


part 5



ENJOY !


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 Potter sketched the Gloucester street where the tailor's shop stood 
as well as cottage interiors, crockery, and furniture. 
The son of Hutton's coachman posed as a model for the tailor. 
In Chelsea, Potter was allowed to sketch the interior of a tailor's shop 
to whom she would later send a copy. 
 She visited the costume department at the South Kensington Museum
to refine her illustrations of 18th century dress

The Tailor & Cutter journal's review on Christmas Eve 1903:

 " ....we think it is by far the prettiest story connected with tailoring we have ever read,
and as it is full of that spirit of Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men,
we are not ashamed to confess that it brought the moisture to our eyes,
as well as the smile to our face......"

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For years, Potter declared that of all her books it was her personal favorite.

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short trailer of "Miss Potter"




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Happy Days... 

..."between the years"!

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...and if you like to see details 
of some wonderful 18th century waistcoats....

....kindly visit the very interesting blog of  L'almanach désuet , one of my French readers,

here